CMN 124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Positive Tone, Speed 3, Information Overload
24 Aug 2016
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It enhances speed and volume of transmitted messages (62 billion emails daily) Expanded team based management (hiring people outside the country; not local) Communicating @ speed: emphasis on efficiency - shorter sentences; straight to the point; relates to what you hear when people talk to you; write how you take; simple sentences, emphasis on audience. Organization that guides readers and emphasizes important material. If the reader has the find it, they won"t work too hard. Style that is concise and easy to read. Visuals (graphs, diagrams, pictures) that clarify concepts and relationships, and that substitute for words whenever possible. A visual is powerful and desirable to reader because it"s a shortcut. Format (layout, typeface) that is accessible and appealing. Bulletpoints, italics, underlining, all of this can make the reader"s job easy. Communication is the transmission of information and meaning from one individual or group to another. You are the meaning of everything you read, see, hear, taste, touch, or experience.
